My Views Come From the Gospel, Not Ideology

Updated April 4, 2003 12:01 a.m. ET

I write in response to Fred Barnes's Houses of Worship column "Pious Denunciations" (Taste page, Weekend Journal, March 21) and the March 27 Letters reacting to Houses of Worship. Mr. Barnes's column concerned comments I made early this year about my perceptions of how our nation is viewed in other parts of the world. As a citizen of the United States and one who loves his country, my hope is always that we can deport ourselves in the world community in ways that reveal the best that is in us as a nation that proclaims...